Nika Schoonover
JournalistNika Schoonover is a reporter at Capitol News Illinois, based in Springfield. Email: nschoonover@capitolnewsillinois.com
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government. It is distributed to more than 400 newspapers statewide, as well as hundreds of radio and TV stations. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
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Former federal judge was nearly unanimously approved for a full five-year term in spring session -
Measure pushed to fall as lawmakers, advocates disagree about delta-8 regulation -
Cannabis regulation, elections, biometric privacy, ethics measures all filed Friday -
Advocates have mixed feelings on legislature’s environmental action this year -
Bills moving unanimously amid concerns from ACLU of Illinois -
Districts would also collect data on bullying for six years to inform next steps -
Measure passed House last month -
Measures would further decriminalize use of substance after its 2020 legalization -
Statewide building code, requirement that retailers accept cash also advancing through legislature -
Bill requiring insurance coverage of abortion pills also passes
